Chapter 4: Boast Busters

The Library

"Come on, Twilight, you can do it!" Spike said, cheering her on. Peter, Stewie, and Brian were watching.

"Okay, here goes." Twilight said as she performed the spell. After she did it, Spike had a mustache.

"Oh my god, that is freaking awesome!" Stewie said.

"Spectacular!" Brian said.

"Amazing!" Peter said.

"Ha ha! Ya did it! Growing magic, that's number twenty-five. Twenty-five different types of tricks and counting. And I think this is the best trick so far. Hello, Rarity. What's that?" Aw, it's nothin', just my awesome mustache." Spike said admiring his mustache.

"Sorry, Romeo. As attractive and enticing as you look, it's just for practice, and it's gotta go." Twilight said as she used her magic.

"Wait!" Spike's mustache then disappeared. "Aw, rats." Twilight, Peter, Stewie, and Brian laugh.

*My Little Pony Theme Song*

Ponyville

Twilight, Spike, Peter, Stewie, and Brian were walking through Ponyville.

"Twenty-five, Twilight. Twenty-five different kinds of tricks and counting. I thought unicorns were only supposed to have a little magic that matches their special talents." Spike said.

"True, for ponies whose talents are for things like cooking or singing or math. But what if a unicorn's special talent is magic?" Twilight said.

"Like you, Twilight, and you know a ton of magic." Spike said.

"Oh, Spike, stop. I'm sure there are lots of ponies right here in Ponyville that know just as much magic as me." Twilight said.

"Are you kiddin'? I don't think there's another unicorn in all of Equestria with your kind of ability, Twilight." Spike said. Then two of some of the biggest idiots, Snips and Snails, are now running their way.

"Gangway! Comin' through!" Snails said. The team except for Spike get out of the way as the two idiots collide with Spike.

"Augh! Snips, Snails! What's goin' on?" Spike asked the duo while hanging onto Snails.

"Wha, haven't you heard?" Snails asked the dragon.

"Whoa!" Spike was then launched and landed on Stewie. Stewie then groaned in pain.

"There's a new unicorn in town!" Snails said.

"Yeah! They say that she's got more magical powers than any other unicorn ever!" Snips said. This caught everyone's, including Twilight's attention.

"Really?" Twilight asked.

"Where the hell is she?" Brian asked.

"Ho, she's in the town square. Come on!" Snails said.

"Yeah! *laughter* Come on! Whooo!" Snips said as they went into the town square.

Town Square

The rest of the Mane 6 were at the town hall where they see a wagon with a stage at the front. They were watching some kind of show going on.

"Come one, come all! Come and witness the amazing magic of the Great and Powerful Trixie!" A sapphire blue unicorn said to the crowd.

"Ooh!" The audience said in awe, all except for the team.

"Watch in awe as the Great and Powerful Trixie performs the most spectacular feats of magic ever witnessed by pony eyes!" Trixie said as fireworks and fanfare go off in the air.

"My, my, my! What boasting!" Rarity said disdain.

"Yeah, I mean seriously look at her. She looks like she was crying in the bathroom and the blues still didn't get away from her!" Peter said. He then turns around to Rainbow and said, "No offense, Rainbow."

"None taken." Rainbow said. Stewie and Brian could hear Spike pleading Twilight to reform to mustache.

"There's nothing wrong with being talented, is there?" Twilight asked everyone.

"Nothin' at all, 'cept when someone goes around showin' it off like a school filly with fancy new ribbons." Applejack said.

"Just because one has the ability to perform lots of magic does not make one better than the rest of us." Rarity said.

"Especially when ya got me around being better than the rest of us." Rainbow said. Applejack then glared at Rainbow. "Eh, I mean, yeah, uh, magic shmagic. Boo!"

"Well, well, well, it seems we have some neiggghhh sairs in the audience. Who is so ignorant as to challenge the magical ability of the Great and Powerful Trixie! Do they not know that they are in the presence of the most magical unicorn in all of Equestria?!" Trixie said. Rarity then blows a raspberry. "Just who does she think she is?" Rarity said.

"Yeah! Since we all know that Twilight here is"- Spike said before he was interrupted by Twilight.

"Spike! Shh!" Twilight said as she pushed Spike away from the crowd.

"What?! What's wrong?" Spike asked.

"You see how they reacted to Trixie? I don't want anyone thinking I'm a show-off." Twilight said. They both turn around to see more fireworks and fanfare go off.

"So, Great and Powerful Trixie, what makes you think you're so awesome anyway?" Rainbow asked the arrogant unicorn.

"Heh, why, only the Great and Powerful Trixie has magic strong enough to vanquish the dreaded Ursa Major!" Trixie said. More fanfare and fireworks.

"Ahh!" The audience says in amazement.

"When all hope was lost, the ponies of Hoofington had no one to turn to, but the Great and Powerful Trixie stepped in, and with her awesome magic, vanquished the Ursa Major and sent it back to its cave deep within the Everfree Forest!" Trixie said as she demonstrated what had happened, well, in her perspective.

"Aw, sweet!" Snips and Snails said.

"That settles it." Snips said.

"Trixie truly is the most talented, the most magical, the most awesome unicorn in Ponyville." Snails said.

"No, in all of Equestria!"

"Boo! BOOO! You are the worst magical unicorn ever! Do you hear me?! You're making stuff up now! Boo!" Stewie said.

Trixie just chuckles and says, "So little baby, you got anything to back up that statement?" Trixie asked.

"Indeed. Twilight over here is going to whoop your"- Before Stewie could finish, Twilight used a spell to zip Stewie's mouth.

"It's true, my enthusiastic little admirers. Trixie is most certainly the best in Ponyville." Trixie said. The sound of crickets was only heard. Don't believe the Great and Powerful Trixie? *chuckle* Well then, I hereby challenge you, Ponyvillians - anything you can do, I can do better. Any takers? Anyone? Hmm? Or is Trixie destined to be the greatest equine who has ever lived?!" More fireworks and fanfare go off.

"Come on, Twilight, you can take her." Brian said.

"Yeah, show that bastard who is boss." Peter said.

"There's no way I'm going to use my magic now, you two. Especially since"- Twilight said until she sees Trixie looking for a challenge.

"Hmm, how about you!" Trixie said as she looked at Twilight. Twilight gulped. "Well, how about it? Hm? Is there anything you can do that the Great and Powerful Trixie can't?"

"I- I"- Twilight said as she couldn't find anything to say.

"Well, little hayseed?" Trixie said to Applejack.

"That's it! I can't stand for no more of this!" Applejack said as she walked up to the stage.

"You show her, AJ!" Spike said.

"Can your magical powers do this?" Applejack asked as she started doing tricks with her rope. The crowd cheers at Applejack's performance. "Top that, missy."

"Oh ye of little talent. Watch and be amazed at the magic of Trixie!" Trixie said as she used her magic to manipulate the rope. Then snake charmer music is heard as the rope moves like a snake.

"Whoa! Uh!" Applejack is then tied to a rope. The audience then laughs and cheers at Trixie's performance.

"Once again, the Great and Powerful Trixie prevails."

"There's no need to go struttin' around showin' off like that." Rainbow said to Trixie as she got on the stage.

"Oh?"

"That's my job!" After using the windmill in town, she did a few loops on the rudders of the windmill and went up in the air and made holes in several clouds and stopped in the sunlight which made a shadow over the crowd. She then went back through the holes causing the moisture from the clouds to follow her as if she was a magnet. She then went back to the windmill and after doing a few more loops came back to the stage. The moisture then hit her on the head and formed over her head. "They don't call me "Rainbow and "Dash for nothin'!" The crowd then cheered at the Pegasus' performance.

"When Trixie is through, the only thing they'll call you is loser." Trixie said as she used her magic to form the rainbow into a cyclone. The cyclone then started to twirl Rainbow around.

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa-a-a-a! I think I'm *gulp* gonna be sick." She was then thrown to where the others are.

"Seems like any pony with a dash of good sense would think twice before tussling with the Great Trixie." Trixie says as she forms a small cloud which then shoots a small bolt of lightning on Rainbow's butt.

"Ow!" The crowd then laughs.

"What we need is another unicorn to challenge her. Someone with some magic of her own." Spike said.

"Yeah! A unicorn to show this unicorn who's boss." Rainbow said.

"A real unicorn to unicorn tussle." Applejack said.

"Twilight, you're the one for the job, right?" Stewie said.

"Uh…" Twilight said.

"Ugh, come on. You have magic, you have magic, it'll be a perfect match. Why can't you just"- Stewie said but was interrupted by Rarity.

"Enough. Enough, all of you. I take your hint, but Rarity is above such nonsense. The lot of you may behave like ruffians…"

"Hey!" The team said.

"…but Rarity conducts herself with beauty and grace."

"Ooo, what's the matter? Afraid you'll get a hair out of place in that rat's nest you call a mane?" Trixie taunted Rarity.

"Oh, you shouldn't have done that." Brian said.

"Oh, it. Is. On! You may think you're tough with all your so-called powers, but there's more to magic than your brutish ways. A unicorn needs to be more than just muscle. A unicorn needs to have style." Rarity said as she made an awesome dress.

"Ooh!"

"A unicorn is not a unicorn without grace and beauty." Suddenly, Trixie activates her magic.

"Rarity won't let Trixie get the best of her! She's strong, she's beautiful, she's"- Spike said until he sees Rarity's hair. The crowd gasps.

"Oh, crap." Peter said.

"Quick! I need a mirror! Get me a mirror! What did she do to my hair? I know she did something terrible to my hair!" Rarity said in terror.

"Nothing." Twilight said.

"It's fine." Rainbow said.

"It's gorgeous." Applejack said.

"It's green." Stewie and Spike said. They both got a stare from Applejack, Twilight, and Rainbow.

"What? Green as in perfect, right?" Stewie said chuckling at his mistake.

"Ugh, no. Green hair! Not green hair! Such an awful, awful color!" Rarity said as she ran off crying.

"Well, I never!" Golden Harvest said, offended by Rarity as she too, had green hair.

"Alright, that's it! You've done enough, Trixie! It's time I showed you how to have true skills." Peter said as he walked up to the stage.

"That's my father right there!" Stewie said, cheering him on.

"Can your magic tricks do this?" Peter said. Peter grabs Trixie by the neck and punches her in the face. He then slams her to the ground and beats her up. After he was done, Trixie had multiple scars. He then walks off the stage, leaving the whole audience in shock.

"Was that, was that a good enough performance?" Peter said a little sheepishly.

With Trixie, Snips, and Snails

"Here's your bandages, and here's the smoothie you asked for, with extra hay, just how you like it." Snips said as he brought Trixie the bandages and her smoothie.

"Mmm, hay." Snails said. As Trixie is putting her bandages on and drinking her smoothie, she said, "I swear I will get my revenge on that man!" She turns around to see Snips and Snails still there.

"Yes?" Trixie said.

"Ooo, tell us another story Great and Powerful Trixie." Snips said.

"Yeah, tell us about how you vanquished the Ursa Major." Snails said.

"Guh! In the condition I'm in, and being far too exhausted from performing feats beyond imagination, I can't possibly tell you the story. Begone with you until morning." Trixie said.

"Oh, of course, Great and Powerful Trixie." Snails said.

"Anything you say. We are at your beck and call." Snips said. As Trixie went back inside her wagon, Spike arrives.

"What are you two doin'?" Spike asked.

"Just bringin' the Gee an' Pee Tee a"- Snips said.

"The what?"

"The Great and Powerful Trixie."

"Sheesh."

"Just bringin' her a smoothie and some bandages."

"How can you fall her lameness? She's just a show-off. Unlike Twilight, who"-

"The Great and Powerful Trixie vanquished an Ursa Major. Can your Twilight claim that?"

"Oh really? Were you guys actually there?"

"Well, eh, uh… no, but"-

"But nothin'. The proof is in the pudding." Snails then laughs.

"I like pudding." Snails said.

"Look, unless an Ursa Major comes waltzing up the street for Trixie to vanquish, I am not gonna believe a word she says, and neither should you!" Spike said.

Hm, an Ursa walkin' up the street, hey? Snails! Are you thinkin' what I'm thinkin'? Snips asked his fellow friend.

"Why is it they call it a flea market when they don't really sell fleas?" Snails asked.

"Yeah, uh… oh, come on!" The two then ran off.

The Library

"Twilight, would you put down that book and just listen to me?" Spike asked Twilight.

"Didn't you see how they hated Trixie's bragging, Spike? If I go out there and show off my magic, I run the risk of losing them as friends." Twilight said as she continued to read her book.

"It's not the same thing, Twilight. You'll be using your magic to stand up for your friends!"

"No, Spike, it's exactly the same."

"Come on, Twilight, any one of these tricks, even the teeniest, would be enough to show up Trixie."

"I don't want to be seen as a bragger like Trixie." Twilight said as she made a spell that formed a door in front of Spike. Spike opened the door.

"But you're the best!"

"Uh. Please, Spike, I said no!"

"If that's the way you want to be, then fine." Spike closed the door again. A few seconds later, he opened the door and walked away.

The Ursa Cave

Snips and Snails entered the Everfree Forest in an attempt to find an Ursa Major. When they entered the cave, it was pitch-black.

"Oh, how we gonna find an Ursa Major when I can't even see my own hoof in front of my face?" Snips asked.

"Hold on." Snails said as he grunted a little and was able to make his horn light up.

"Oh, heh. That's better." The two then hear a growl. They turn around to see the Ursa.

"Yaaaah!" The idiot duo shouted in fright. The Ursa roars. The two then sprinted out of the cave and headed towards Ponyville.

"Hey, guys, where ya goin'?" Spike asked the two idiots.

"Can't talk now." Snips said.

"Got a major problem!" Snails said.

"Yeah, Ursa Major to be exact." Snips said. Spike looked ahead and saw a humongous beast heading towards them. He high-tailed it back to the library.

"Trixie!" Snips and Snails shouted.

"Twilight!" Spike shouted.

Ponyville

"Trixie!" Snips and Snails said as they called out for Trixie while banging on the door of Trixie's wagon.

"Trixie thought she said the Great and Powerful Trixie did not want to be disturbed!" Trixie said, sticking her head out the door. Snips then laughs nervously.

"We- We have a-a tiny problem." Snips said.

"Actually, it's a big one." Snails said.

"What is so important that you cannot wait until morning to disturb Trixie?" Trixie asks the idiot duo. When they look forward in the distance, they see the Ursa coming. They all scream in terror.

"Twilight! You've gotta come! Quick!" Spike said as he ran into the library.

"I already told you, Spike, I don't wanna show up Trixie!" Twilight said.

"No, you don't understand, it's"- Spike said until a loud roar fills up the air.

Ponyville

As ponies are going into a panic and trying to get to shelter, Twilight and Spike arrive at the scene.

"What's going on?" Twilight asked.

"We brought an Ursa to town." Snips said.

"You what?!" Twilight asked.

"Don't worry, the Great and Powerful Trixie will vanquish it." Snails said. Finally, Trixie lets it out.

"I can't." Trixie said.

"What?!" Snips and Snails said.

"Oh, I can't, I never have. No one can vanquish an Ursa Major. I just made the whole story up to make me look."

"Made it up?!"

"Oh, what the hell! I beat you up for nothing!" Peter said. The Ursa then approached the five, much to Twilight's fear. The Ursa then roars loudly, making everyone scream in terror. Spike then tapped Twilight. Twilight gulped as she knew what Spike meant. She then walked up to the Ursa and focused her magic. The winds then started to pick up. Then music started to play. The Ursa heard and began to relax.

"Nice use of number sixteen." Spike said. Twilight then used her magic to grab the water tower and poured out the water. The tower then goes through the barn and you can hear sounds of milking as well as cows mooing.

"Golly, don't'cha know?" A cow said. Twilight puts on a cap for the tower. She then activates initial form and uses the extra power boost to heighten the effects of the song. Finally, the music manages to subdue the Ursa. She then lifted the Ursa in the air and slowly put it back in the cave. The town cheered.

"Unbelievable!" Rainbow said.

"That was amazing!" Spike said.

"Heaven to Betsy! We knew you had ability, but not that much!" Applejack said.

"I'm sorry. Please, please don't hate me." Twilight said.

"Hate you?" The team said.

"Why in the world why we would hate you after doing something like that?" Brian asked.

"Well, I know how much you all hated Trixie's showing off with her magic tricks, and I just thought"- Twilight asked until Rainbow speaks up.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Magic's got nothing to do with it. Trixie's just a loudmouth."

"Most unpleasant." Rarity said.

"All hat and no cattle." Applejack said.

"So, you don't mind my magic tricks?" Twilight asked.

"Of course. As long as you don't go around showing off and"- Stewie said before Rainbow closes his mouth with her hoof.

"Your magic is a part of who you are, sugarcube, and we like who you are. We're proud to have such a powerful, talented unicorn as our friend." Applejack said.

"God dammit! Now I feel like a side character!" Stewie said but then looks at the camera. "Yeah, I'm talking to you. You better not screw me up, dammit!"

"And after watching you whoop that Ursa's hind quarters with magic, we're even prouder." Rainbow said.

"Okay, okay. We get it. You're proud of her. Just stop getting so emotional and move on. This chapter's getting too long!" Stewie said interrupting them.

"Oh, don't worry, Stew, the plot will be moving faster!" Pinkie said.

"You are?" Twilight asked.

"Yes we are." The team said.

"Wow, Twilight, how'd you know what to do with Ursa Major?" Spike asked.

"That's what I was doing when you came looking for me. I was so intrigued by Trixie's bragging that I was convinced to do a little reading up on them."

"So, it is possible to vanquish an Ursa Major?" Spike asked.

"That wasn't an Ursa Major, it was really, an Ursa Minor." Twilight said.

"That was just a baby?" Trixie asked.

"And it wasn't rampaging, it was just angry because it was woken by a certain someone woke it up."

"Awwww…" Snips and Snails said.

"So, if that was an Ursa Minor, then what's and Ursa Major like?" Spike asked.

"You don't wanna know."

"Huh. You may have vanquished an Ursa Minor, but you will never have the amazing, show-stopping ability of the Great and Powerful Trixie!" Trixie then turned at Peter. "And you! You won't get away with beating me up at the stage!" She then ran off.

"Why that little…" Rainbow said until Peter holds her to catch Rainbow's tail.

"Just let her go. Maybe someday she will learn her lesson." Twilight said. Snips and Snails attempt to sneak away, but was caught by Twilight.

"Now, about you two." Twilight said.

"Ah. Uh, we're sorry that we woke up the Ursa Minor." Snips said.

"We just wanted to see some awesome magic." Snails said.

"Yeah! And the way you vanquished that Ursa Minor was awesome!" Snips said.

"We deserve whatever punishment you give us." Snails said.

"For starters, you can clean up this mess. And… What do you think, Spike? Should I give them number twenty-five?" Twilight asked.

"Oh, twenty-five! Yes! And I think I deserve it too." Spike said.

"Heah?" Snips and Snails said in confusion.

"What the hell?" Brian said.

"I think you're right." Twilight said as she used her magic and forms mustaches on Snips, Snails, and Spike.

"Sweet!" The three said.

Twilight Sparkle: Dear Princess Celestia,

I have learned a very valuable lesson about friendship: I was so afraid of being thought of as a showoff that I was hiding a part of who I am. My friends helped me realize that it's okay to be proud of your talents, and there are times when it's appropriate to show them off… Especially when you're standing up for your friends.

"So, that's how it is? You're going to do that all the time? Saying friend or friendship in your letters?" Stewie asked.

"Anyways, are you finally going to admit that you're the most talented unicorn in all of Ponyville?" Spike asked Twilight.

"Well, yeah, but it's nothing to brag about. So Spike, uh, how did it go with Rarity?" Twilight asked.

"Eh, she didn't go for the mustache." Spike said.

"You know, Spike, that mustache has nothing to do with who you really are. Maybe you should just try being yourself." Twilight said.

"Or… Maybe the mustache wasn't enough. Maybe if I had a mustache and a beard?" Spike said.

"Oh, not this again." Twilight said.

"Okay, imagine me with a nice, long, Fu Manchu type beard. Or maybe a goatee. Oh, no a soulpatch right on my chin!"

"You-you should probably go ahead and shut this off." Stewie said.

*My Little Pony Ending Theme*

End of Chapter 4

Well, guys, that was chapter 4. Now, I have to do part 2 of my other story. If you liked this chapter, don't forget to favorite, review, and even follow if you like my writing. Peace out!